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M3 crash in Runnymede on 16 December 2012 at 22:04 involving an MG ZR

An MG ZR crashed on the M3 in Runnymede at 22:04 on Sunday 16 December 2012. The 20-year-old male driver and a 19-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Dec 2012
Sunday, 22:04
Vehicles
1
MG ZR
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39895, longitude -0.53787, in the KT16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thorpe, Runnymede, KT16 0BE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Runnymede

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012450001976
Council area
Runnymede
Police force
Surrey
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
3
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 January 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MG ZR

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZR)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZR)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2012450001976 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Runnymede road accident statistics for 2012.